Record number of games in Khelo India Football Delhi Women’s Premier League
Khel Today Bureau
New Delhi: The “Khelo India Football Delhi Women’s Premier League 2022-23” has been kicked off at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium on Thursday.
A history in the making – for the first time, the women’s league will be played in a double round robin format with all 9 teams playing 16 matches each. This is a record number of games for girls in Delhi.
A total of 72 matches will be played over the duration of more than 2 months.
All the matches in the league are set to be held at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi
The clubs that are part of the Khelo India Football Delhi Women’s Premier League 2022-23 are Hans Women FC, Signature FC, Growing Star SC, HOPS FC, Royal Rangers FC, Jaguar FC, Eves SC, Rangers SC, Garhwal Women FC.
Football Delhi President Shaji Prabhakaran said, “We are happy to see ever growing landscape of Women’s Football in Delhi and our woman players are going to get more game time will definitely make our girls more competitive and prepare them well to move at a higher competitive level”.
The launch was graced by the presence of Ms. Sonal Goel (IAS), Mr. Gautam Vadera & Mr. Jasjit Singh (Petroleum Sports Promotion Board), Mr. Vipil Kapoor & Ms. Priya Malhotra (Axis Bank).
Sonal Goel, IAS Chief Guest stated, “Great to see woman players getting this marvelous opportunity to play competitive football through Khelo India FD Women’s Premier League. I wish the participating teams and players all the good luck.”
The partners for the league are Petroleum Sports Promotion Board, Khelo India, Sports Authority of India, Vector X, Axis Bank, Kingfisher, Sportscast India, ITCombine & Hero.
The league organization sub-committee includes Ms. Preeti Arora (Chairperson), Ms. Richa Singh (Convener), Ms. Alpana Bhatty (Member)
The opening match for the league kicked off at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium at 4:30 PM
between Hops FC & Growing Star SC, both semi finalists of the FDWPL 2021-22
All the matches of the league will be broadcasted live on SportsCast India’s Youtube Channel.
